The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-09-22
SHE, TOO, COULD SHINE.
How q Frisco MiIiionaIre's Wife Cleaned
Ont Fashionable Hotel.


How a Frisco MiIIionaIre's Wife Cleaned
Ont a Fashionable IiOteL.
A few days ago lady from San Fran
cisco. who had a very solid bank ac-
count, went to Lake Tahoe Oh pleasure
trip with her daughter. She concluded
that she would have good time, and
accordingly took along some plain. serv-
iceable clothes and no jewelry. When
she struck one of the fashionable resorts
she found herself in the midst of lot
of people making a vulgar display OF
clothes ard diamonds, and every time
she turned around she was the subject
of the most unmerciful snubbing. She
was put off in an obscure corner to eat.
and not one of the fashionable guests
condescended 10 show her the slightest
civilitY. The lady hit herlips for few
DAYS, took in the situation and with true
feminine instinct decided on revenge.
She dropped a line below. and presently
there we're deposited ut the hotei twelve
Saratoga trunks waybilled to her adj
dress. She and her daughter re: ired to
their rooms, and that evening came
down 10 the dining-room in a blaze of
lace and diamonds that took evcrybody's
breath away. No such gorgeous or
tasty toilets had ever bewi!dered the
guests at that hotel before. 1t blinded
the eye 10 look attic pair as they quietly
entered the room. The steward, after
recovering his poise, rushed forward
and pulled out two chairs from the most
fashionable table in the hotel. Sine
shook her head and replied: Tine old
table will do" and went to the obscure
corner, where she had eaten all the
time.
The utmost CONSERVATION spread
through the dininc-room, and the low
hum of voices rose to y fashionable
buzz as they warmly discussed the stu
alton. Wasn't it awful? They had
been snubbing woman and her
daughter all the week who could out
dress them all. In the evening they
attempted to hedge, but couldn't to
any considerable extent. The dudes
tried to shine up to the girl. but she
wouldn't have it, and those who tried
to scrape an acquaintance with the
mother found it like trying to run n
tunnel into an iceberg. For awhile she
flashed like a comet through that
hotel into q constant change of ravish-
ing toilets, each more costly and be-
wildering than the others, until, like
the kings who pedestrianized in Mac
beth, they threatened to strcsch out
till the crack of doom.
At the end of the week it was learned
from the chambermaid that she had
only gone through half of Der immense
Saratogas. There were several women
there who had displayed ut least a
dozen different toilets, and they felt
that they would just die if she beat their
record. But she kept right on and
when she was three ahead of their
score they packed up and left. One by
one she vanQuished the leaders and the
rank and file capitulated. displaying
the rarest generalship imaginable. If
Mrs. - appeared in any special color
To make spread in the morning, she
adopted that color at once, only in a
dress that eclipsed the other as the sun
outshines the dog star.
She was the absolute John Sullivan
of the toilet ring, and knocked out all
who had the temerity to stand before her.
The last of her opponents was red
faced, vulgarly dressed woman from
San Francisco, whose flashy toilets had
attracted general attention and admir-
alton from persons ignorant of har-
mony and color. Whatever dress this
woman donned in the morning the fash
iouable Nemesis was on her trail with
color that literally killed the other.
The heretofore cock of the walk was
unable to stand her defeat, and, pack
ing her trunks, started home.
The army of snobs was routed, and
one by one dropped out of sight. They
Just settled up and quit. Then the
quiet little lady resumed her plain
clothes, pat on an old straw hat with her
daughter and went fishing. As the last
gang left, she absolutely had the cool
ness to be down at the wharf fishing in
an old calico dress, cotton gloves and
straw hat.
The landlord considered that she lit
orally cleaned his place out, and she
thinks she had an awful lot of fun
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